Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-02
FLORIDA.

George e. Sawyer, a prominent mer
chant of Sanford, died Sunday.
A grocery store, on the cooperative
plan, has been opened at Key West.
The building now used as the United
! States custom house at Key West wa.
sold on Thursday to Col. F. n. Wicker fol
$500.
The Florida travel, so far as Sanford is
concerned, is fairly good, and promises
to be very much better for the next thirty
days.
d. S Slower, residing three miles south
OF Lakeland, produced a turnip weighing
s pounds and measuring 81 inches In CIR
conference.
The firm OF Williams & Crichlow, of st.
Augustine, has been dissolved, Capt. H
NJ. Snow has purchased Mr., CrlcllOw's
half interest in the business.
The artesian well at st. Augustine is
now down LOO feet, with unvarying
temperature and undlmlnishing flow OF
pure water. The drill is yet working in
coral rock.
The ChoctawhatchIe river now has
three steam boats plying its muddy waters
and carrying phosphates and guano to
the farmers of the wiregrass region
around Geneva and Newton.
Sidewalks are being laid generally in
the western part of Pensacola. Notices
have also been served requiring the
putting down of sidewalks in the northern
part of the city as far as the water stand
pipe.
A new house belonging to Nose Mack
(colOred) was burned to the ground al
etarke on Sunday night last. There was
no insurance. The house was entirely
new, and all finished but the windows
aud doors.
A branch OF the Christian or Camp.
bellte church has been established in
Pensacola, although as yet they have nc
regular pastor. the disciples have rented
the hall in Ditmars building as place to
hold service.
E. j. Reel, as Mayor OF Orlando, has
been sued for $4,000 damages by q. NJ.
Heard for injuries sustained by the latter
some weeks ago in consequence OF the
tearing up OF Orange avenue to enable
the street railroad track to be laid along
the thOroughfare.
The schooner Ella NJ. White, from New
YORK, reached Pensacola Wednesday
evening with $50 tons of stone consigned
to Capt. r. L. HoXie, of the United States
Engineering Corps. This stone will be
used by Capt. HoXie in the continuation
of the jetty work on the bar at Fort Nc
Rae.
AT meeting of stewards of the Method
list Episcopal Church OF st. Augustine on
Thursday evening it was voted to raise
the salary of Rev. G. c. Mclean to 81, 800.
This church is in a flourishing condition,
and although the resident members are
not as strong as some other churches,
they have wealthy friends who will not
see them short.
William Moore and Willie Parker. were
playing with a revolver, when the latter.
surprising it to be empty, turned il upon
Moore as though to shoot him. Moore
caught bis arm and turned the muZZle
toward Parker, and the charge exploded,
the ball enlering the left cheek near the
base OF the nose, knocking out two law
teeth. passing behind the ear, and coming
20 the surface at the back of the neck.
The wound is very painful and danger
Gus, but the young man may recover.
Last Saturday Commodore Clark, a
well-kuown winter resident, accompa-
MED by Emanuel Lopez, went on a
little hunting expedition few miles
from St Augustine. MIR. Clark carried
with him two very valuable dogs, q setter
and pointer. Tne irst game seen was
huge rattlesnake. The pointer ran d..
rectly on the varmint and received the
deadly poison of its venomous tangs.
Antidotes we're at once applied, put
without avail, the poor dog living but a
few moments. MIR. Clark shot
the snake but II escaped
into gopher hole. But now
comes the strange part of the story. On
the following Monday the Commodore
and Mr.. Lopez again tried their luck in
the same locality. AS they passed the
scene of the unfortunate accident OF two
days before the same identical snake was
discovered lying In close proximity to its
iaVorite gopher hole with Qunshot
wound in the body near the tail, but still
alive and ready for business. Messrs.
Clark and Lopez, however, were equal Ia
the emergency, and succeeded in cap
turing the reptile alive, took it to
town and placed 1t in charge of Or. We'd
der at the Museum of Natural History
soon after its incarceration in the cage
assigned to IL the snake died